CHR 637971 A – Pittosporum rarotongense Hemsl.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 637971 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
21 June 2016
Database record updated:
27 January 2017
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Pittosporum rarotongense Hemsl.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2000-08-01 (Verbatim: 1 Aug 2000)
Preferred name:
Pittosporum rarotongense Hemsl.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Pittosporaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Ma'uke, South of Areora Village
Verbatim locality:
Ma'uke, South of Areora Village
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5104/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
1 Aug 2000
Start date:
2000-08-01
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Roadside, open scrub forest.
Notes:
Small tree 4-5 m high, spreading. Leaves aromatic when bruised, dark glossy green above with whitish midrib. Flowers fragrant, pale yellow; tube 6-7 mm long; lobes c. 3 mm long, recurved, oblong-elliptic. Fruit to c. 2.7 x 2 cm, ± broad ellipsoid ovoid, glossy green. Seeds surrounded by viscid orange pulp.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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